Hi Ron, A thorough examination this morning of last night's recorded frames confirms that MAST did not appear. I thought that I might have missed something , but , sadly thats not the case. A number of observers from across the US also report a "no show" based on the present elements. So the question now is........Is it conceivable that GADGET might be imaged ? If so what is the estimated magnitude ? I would imagine it could be in the region of + 14 or so , in which case it might be worth using longer exposure times to get down to that level , provided conditions are right. Tonight , a change in tactic again....I'll try a 45 arc minute field of view using simlar settings to those for geosat viewing which should get me down to 14th magnitude. I suppose there's a slim chance that TED has been released and is still re charging its batteries.......lets hope so. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Lee" <ronlee@pcisys.net> To: <SeeSat-L@satobs.org> Cc: <information@tethers.com> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 6:29 AM Subject: Re: MAST : No Show >> I am using Starry Night to project the orbit of MAST based on Heavens >> Above's TLE. H-A pass is about 0508 UT (28 April 2007) >> > > I attempted this pass using 7x50 binoculars and saw nothing from Falcon, > CO > > I can't provide an estimated limiting magnitude for seeing satellite. > > Ron Lee > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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